Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided and has a porous aluminum support, (1) a layer containing a water-soluble polymer resin having a hydrophilic substituent adsorbable to a surface of the porous aluminum support and a sulfonic acid, and (2) an image recording layer from which unexposed areas can be removed by supplying an oil-based ink and an aqueous component thereonto on a printing machine without being subjected to development after exposure. The layer containing the water-soluble polymer resin, which has come in contact with the oil-based ink and the aqueous component, has a sulfonic acid group left therein.
Abstract:
A method for producing a lithographic printing plate is provided, wherein, in the non-alkaline development of a lithographic printing plate precursor having a protective layer, even if the protective layer components are mingled into the developer, the reduction in development removability of the image recording layer and the generation of development scum can be inhibited; an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor with excellent inking property, high scratch resistance, satisfied on-press developability and good fine line reproducibility is provided; and a lithographic printing method is provided, each of which is a method for producing a lithographic printing plate, comprising: imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, an image recording layer and a protective layer, and rubbing the plate surface by a rubbing member of an automatic processor in the presence of a developer at a pH of 2 to 10 to remove the protective layer and the image recording layer in the unexposed area; a lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a support, an image recording layer removable with a printing ink and/or a fountain solution, and a protective layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol having a carboxyl group and/or a sulfonic acid group within the molecule; and a lithographic printing method comprising on-press development.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor comprising a hydrophilic support, an undercoat layer and a laser-sensitive photopolymerizable layer, wherein the undercoat layer contains a copolymer containing (a1) a repeating unit having at least one ethylenically unsaturated bond and (a2) a repeating unit having at least one functional group capable of interacting with a surface of the support, and the repeating unit (a1) is a repeating unit represented by the formula (A1) as defined herein.
Abstract:
A process for making a lithographic printing plate, comprising: an exposure step of imagewise exposing a lithographic printing plate precursor that comprises, above a hydrophilic support, a photosensitive layer comprising (A) a compound that generates a radical upon the application of light or heat, (B) a polymer having an aromatic carboxy group in a side chain, (C) a polymerizable compound, and (D) an infrared absorber; and a development processing step using one type of processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes a support and an image-recording layer containing (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a polymerization initiator, (C) a polymerizable compound and (D) a compound represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 to R3 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or a group selected from an alkyl group, an aryl group and a heterocyclic group, provided that at least one of R1 to R3 represents the group having a substituent containing an amido bond, the group having a substituent containing a urethane bond, the group having a substituent containing a urea bond or the group having two or more hydroxy groups.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor includes, in the following order: a support, an image-recording layer and a protective layer, and the image-recording layer contains (A) an infrared absorbing agent, (B) a radical generator, and a polymer which exhibits electrical conductivity upon oxidation.
Abstract:
A polymer having a polymerizable group and an alkyleneoxy groups on side chains thereof, and a polymerizable composition containing the polymer. The polymerizable composition preferably contains a polymerizable compound and a polymerization initiator. Also provided is a planographic printing plate precursor having a polymerizable layer on a hydrophilic support, the polymerizable layer containing a polymer having a polymerizable on a side chain thereof. The planographic printing plate precursor can form an image without being subjected to an alkali development. An undercoat layer containing a specific copolymer may be provided between the support and the photopolymerizable layer.
Abstract:
A plate-making method of a lithographic printing plate precursor including a support and an image forming layer, includes: (a) a step of preparing a lithographic printing plate precursor that contains, in the image forming layer, a polymer particle containing a repeating unit having a polyalkylene oxide segment in a side chain and a repeating unit having a cyano group in a side chain; (b) a step of imagewise exposing the lithographic printing plate precursor; and (C) a step of developing the exposed lithographic printing plate precursor with an aqueous solution containing at least one water-soluble polymer selected from the group consisting of gum arabic and starch, with an automatic processor equipped with a rubbing member.
Abstract:
A lithographic printing plate precursor is provided that, using laser exposure, exhibits an excellent capacity for plate inspection, an excellent on-press development performance or gum development performance, and an excellent scumming behavior, while maintaining a satisfactory printing durability. There is also provided a method of lithographic printing that uses this lithographic printing plate precursor. The lithographic printing plate precursor comprises an image recording layer having (A) a nonionic polymerization initiator that contains at least two cyclic imide structures, and (B) a compound that has at least one addition-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated bond.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a negative-working photosensitive material formed by sequentially layering an undercoat layer and a photosensitive layer on a support, wherein the undercoat layer contains a polymer containing (a) a structural unit containing at least one selected from a carboxylic acid or a carboxylic acid salt and (b) a structural unit containing at least one carboxylic acid ester; the photosensitive layer contains (A) an infrared absorbent, (B) an organoboron compound, (C) an onium salt compound and (D) a compound having a polymerizable unsaturated group; and a ratio of (a) with respect to (a) and (b) is 30 to 90% by mol. The invention also provides a negative-working planographic printing plate precursor that uses the negative-working photosensitive material.